COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

LESSON 1 NSTP – CWTS/LTS CURRICULAR PROGRAM

What is NSTP?
Republic Act 9163 enabled the establishment of National Service Training Program for Tertiary Level students
with an aim to promote civic consciousness among the youth and inculcate in them the spirit of nationalism and advance
their involvement in public and civic affairs.
NSTP is a program designed to develop the youth’s physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being
and promote defense preparedness and ethics of service while undergoing training in any of its three program
components. Its various components are specially designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the general
welfare.

What are its Three Program Components?

The NSTP has THREE COMPONENTS which are as follows:
1. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC)
 A program institutionalized under Sections 38 and 39 of Republic Act No. 7077 designed to provide military training
to tertiary level students in order to motivate, train, organize and mobilize them for national defense preparedness.

2. Literacy Training Service (LTS)

 A program designed to train students to become teachers of literacy and numeracy skills to school children, out of
school youth, and other segments of society in need of their service.

3. Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)

 It is composed of programs or activities contributory to the general welfare and the betterment of life for the members
of the community or the enhancement of its facilities, especially those devoted to improving health, education,
environment, entrepreneurship, safety, recreation and morals of the citizenry

Since when has the NSTP been implemented?

The NSTP has been implemented since the start of the school year 2002-2003.

Who are required to complete the NSTP?

Students of any baccalaureate degree course or at least two-year technical vocational courses in public and private
educational institutions shall be required to complete one of the NSTP components as requisite for graduation.
Exemptions only apply to:
1. Students who have already taken NSTP from a prior degree completed
2. Transferees and shiftees who have completed NSTP prior to transferring or shifting
3. Foreign students or aliens

How much time is needed to complete the NSTP?

Each of the NSTP program components shall be undertaken for an academic period of two semesters (NSTP 1
and 2) or an equivalent one-semester integrated (NSTP 1-2) course. The allotted time for NSTP classes per semester is 54
– 90 hours.
The whole NSTP program weighs six units and should be taken for two semesters, three units each semester.

How are the NSTP classes structured?

Student enrolled in the first semester of NSTP shall undergo a Common Module phase which will focus on:
citizenship training; drug education; disaster awareness, preparedness, and management; environmental protection; and
other national security concerns. Upon completion of the Common Module, the student must select the specific program
component that he/she will pursue

What if I cannot take the NSTP during the regular semester?

 A one-summer program in lieu of the two- semester program may be designed, formulated, and adopted by DND,
CHED and TESDA, subject to the capability of the school and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to handle the
same.

Am I allowed to take NSTP 2 before NSTP 1?

No. NSTP 1 is a prerequisite for NSTP 2.

Am I allowed to take different program components for my NSTP 1 and 2?

No, you have to take six (units) of the same component to complete NSTP. According to the Implementing Rules
and Regulations of the National Service Training Program as mentioned in Rule III, Section 4, you are “required to
complete one (1) NSTP component of [your] choice as a graduation requirement.”

Am I allowed to take the same program component but from different

colleges? For example, if I took CWTS 1 in CSSP, can I take CWTS 2 in
CHK?
No. As a University policy, NSTP 1 and 2 should be taken in the same college.

How are we graded in class?

Numeric grading will be used for NSTP classes. The grading system is upon the discretion of the instructor who is
handling the NSTP class. Grades for NSTP will not be included in the computation of the students’ weighted average.

What if the NSTP component of my choice is not offered in my school?

Schools that do not meet the required number of students in order to conduct a program component or do not offer
the component chosen by their students shall allow the students to cross-enroll at another school, irrespective of whether
the school is managed by a different service branch of the AFP.
These students however, shall be subjected to the existing rules and regulations of their school of origin and the accepting
school.

Are currently enrolled students covered by the NSTP law?

Male students currently enrolled but have not taken any program component of the previous Expanded ROTC (E-
ROTC)/National Service Program(NSP) are covered by NSTP.

Will a student who has completed all his/her academic requirements except
ROTC be allowed to graduate?
A student who has completed all his/her academic requirements except for ROTC will be allowed to graduate
provided that he/she is a certified candidate by the school on or before the effectivity of the NSTP which is on March 23,
2003.

What if a male student has completed two semesters of the E-ROTC/NSP?

He is deemed to have complied with the NSTP requirement.

What if a male student has taken only one semester of Basic ROTC or E-
ROTC/NSP?
He shall take one more semester of any of the NSTP components to qualify for graduation.

After graduation, what will happen to us?

Graduates of the CWTS and LTS components of the NSTP shall belong to the National Service Reserve Corps
(NSRC) and could be tapped by the State for literacy and civic welfare activities, especially in times of calamities while
graduates of the ROTC program shall form part of the Citizen Armed Force.

How much will be charged for an NSTP component?

No fees shall be collected for any of the NSTP components except basic tuition fees which should not be more
fifty percent of the charges of the school per academic unit.

How can a student continue to qualify for enlistment in the AFP reserve
force ?
He/She may qualify for enlistment in the AFP reserve force as long as he/she has completed the two semesters of
basic ROTC.
Are there any student incentives provided by the NSTP?
The following incentives are to be provided to students when they take up NSTP.
1. a program of assistance/incentives for ROTC students from DND which will be in accordance with existing
laws and regulations and subject to the availability of funds;
2. a team of school authorities concerned, CHED, and TESDA which shall ensure that health and accident group
insurances are provided to students enrolled in any of the NSTP components; and
3. a Special Scholarship Program for qualified NSTP students which shall be administered by CHED and
TESDA subject to the availability of funds.

Who is responsible in supervising the NSTP to students?

School authorities shall exercise academic and administrative supervision over the design, formulation, adoption
and implementation of the different NSTP components in their respective schools.

What lead agencies will monitor the implementation of the NSTP?

CHED regional offices, TESDA provincial and district offices, the DND-AFP through major service reserve
commands and their ROTC units shall oversee and monitor the implementation of the NSTP under their respective
jurisdiction to determine of the trainings conducted are in consonance with RA 9163.

Is the NSTP available in all school and universities?

All higher and technical-vocational educational institutions offer at least one of the NSTP components while state
universities and colleges offer the ROTC component and at least one other NSTP component. Private schools that have at
least 350 student cadets offer the ROTC component through its Department of Military Science and Tactics (DMST).

GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE

RESERVE CORPS (NSRC)
The National Service Reserve Corps, also referred to by the acronym NSRC (Filipino: Panlaáng Hukbo ng
Pambansang Paglilingkod), is a unit composed of graduates of the Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and Literacy
Training Service (LTS) components of the National Service Training Program, a civic education and defense preparedness
program in the Philippines. Members of this corps may be tapped by the state for literacy and civic welfare activities. [2] In 2010
the NSRC was mandated to be accredited and mobilized for the delivery of disaster risk reduction programs and activities.

Mission
To provide a trained and motivated manpower pool that can be tapped by the State for civic welfare, literacy, and other
similar endeavors in the service of the nation.

Functions
1. To assist in the disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and rehabilitation program.
2. To serve as an auxiliary to the Disaster Coordinating Council (DCC) response units.
3. To assist in the promotion of civic welfare activities
4. To assist in the implementation of literacy programs
5. To assist in socioeconomic development
6. To assist in environmental protection
7. To perform other similar endeavors

Composition
The NSRC shall be composed of the graduates of CWTS and LTS components of the NSTP.

Organization
The NRC is organized under the umbrella of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC). It shall have a
national, regional, provincial, and city/municipal level of organization parallel to the Disaster Coordinating Council
(DCC) structures at all levels. The DCC centers shall serve as the headquarters of the NRC at the respective level
organization. Its national center shall be based at the NDCC Disaster Preparedness Center, Camp General Emilio
Aguinaldo, Quezon City. A secretariat at all levels shall be organized and composed of representatives from CHED and
TESDA.

Inter-Agency Relationship of the NSRC Concerned Agencies

RDCC - Regional Disaster Coordinating Council
PDCC - Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council
CDCC - City Disaster Coordinating Council
MDCC- Municipal Disaster Coordinating Council
BDCC - Barangay Disaster Coordinating Council
CHEDRO - CHED Regional Office
OCD - Office of Civil Defense
TESDA RO - TESDA Regional Office
TESDA PO - TESDA Provincial Office
HEI - Higher Education Institution

GUIDING PRINCIPLES
What is the prime duty of the government to its citizens?
 To serve and protect its citizens

What is the responsibility of all citizens?

 To defend the security of the state
 And in fulfilment thereof, the government may require each citizen to render personal, military or civil service.

How does the government recognize the role of the youth in nation building?
 The state shall promote civic consciousness among the youth and shall develop their physical, moral, spiritual,
intellectual and social well-being.
 It shall inculcate patriotism, nationalism and advance their involvement in public and civic affairs.

Objectives
1. internalize virtues as the foundation of leadership, and how it applies on an individual, team and institutional levels
vis-à-vis national development in the context of self-awareness and values integration and promotion framework for
understanding human nature.
2. Interpret the basic concepts of development management and social mobilization
3. Apply the concepts learned and design civic welfare projects/activities to be implemented as a team in their assigned
community, barangay, or government agency.
4. Document team activities in their assigned barangay or government agency and provide a summary of lessons learned
in carrying out the projects and activities.
5. Generate an individual output on the experience, focusing on the core values learned.